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Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory

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Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory 21(1) (2001) 293-301
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7151/dmgt.1151

AN ATTRACTIVE CLASS OF BIPARTITE GRAPHS

Rodica Boliac and Vadim Lozin

RUTCOR, Rutgers University
640 Bartholomew Rd. Piscataway NJ 08854-8003 USA
e-mail: (boliac,lozin)@rutcor.rutgers.edu

Abstract

In this paper we propose a structural characterization for a class of bipartite graphs defined by two forbidden induced subgraphs. We show that the obtained characterization leads to polynomial-time algorithms for several problems that are NP-hard in general bipartite graphs.

Keywords: bipartite graphs, structural characterization, polynomial algorithm.

2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 05C75.

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Received 3 March 2001
Revised 19 May 2001


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